U.S. says it stopped spying on allies in 2014, says Norway PM
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This content was published on June 3, 2021 - 17:01
June 3, 2021 - 17:01
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway s prime minister Erna Solberg said on Thursday the United States had given assurances it had stopped spying on its allies in 2014, after Oslo launched a protest against the practice.
Norway called in the U.S. ambassador, she said, after a report that the U.S. National Security Agency had used a partnership with Denmark s foreign intelligence unit to spy on senior officials, including herself.
The move comes amid revelations this week that Denmark helped the US National Security Agency to spy on political leaders in Europe, including German Chancellor Merkel.
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The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) used a partnership with Denmark s foreign intelligence unit to spy on senior officials of neighboring countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Danish state broadcaster DR said.
The findings are the result of a 2015 internal investigation in the Danish Defense Intelligence Service into NSA s role in the partnership, DR said, citing nine unnamed sources with access to the investigation.
According to the investigation, which covered the period from 2012 to 2014, the NSA used Danish information cables to spy on senior officials in Sweden, Norway, France and Germany, including former German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and former German opposition leader Peer Steinbruck.